You hear this question from new(ish) players every once in a while: Why is Preordain banned in Modern, but not Serum Visions? Sure, they are close, but they are not the same. That ordering changes the card quite a bit. Also, they have to draw the line somewhere.
Okay, so if Preordain is stronger than Serum Visions, does this mean you should always scry first, if you have the opportunity to choose? Well, that depends.
So, Yarok, the Desecrated… a card made for the fans of Panharmonicon. Personally, I haven’t been that keen on breaking that particular card, but in the context of our meta, where wraths are plentiful, I would rather go for Mulldrifters than Baneslayers. (You can read more on this here.)
OF course, it would be easy to just throw a bunch of creatures with ETB-abilities into the deck, but I decided to go with a theme. I mean Yarok happens to be of a specific type. Elementals it is (even though horrors does tickle me as a theme, but there aren’t that many of them as of yet).
We got Grafdigger’s Cage back. Is it enough? Not really.
There’s a new event that started today on Magic Arena. The rules: You need to build a deck with cards from the three latest Ravnica sets with Gates Ablaze banned.
I don’t really know if others feel the same, but Standard has, sadly, become a bit of chore for me.
Or maybe the Spike Cube?
As I write this, 188 cards have been previewed. If you are like me and use Mythic Spoilers to follow these, the last card to be previewed as of this writing is Soulherder.
But we are not here right now to talk about the powerlevel or usability of the cards, except when it affects how a card feels. I’m here to talk about how the cards evoke memories of old cards or themes.
As mentioned before, I always brew with Lilianas. Liliana, Dreadhorde General is not going to be an exception.
Being a fan of Liliana, whenever there is a new one I will try to brew with it. This time, however, I’ll go back a bit and try to find something to do with Liliana, Untouched by Death. Not to worry, we’ll get to the Dreadhorde General in time.
There was already Cruel Celebrant, but God-Eternal Bontu might very well push this over the top.